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A GOOD MAN, A GOOD KING.

( thunder crashes )

YOU'RE EASILY FOOLED, MERLIN.

UTHER FOOLED YOU WHEN HE KILLED CORNWALL.

NOW HIS CHILD IS DAMNED.

THE BOY

IS MINE!

HE'LL BE HIS FATHER'S SON.

BECAUSE OF HIM

THE DAYS OF BLOOD WILL GO ON AND ON

AND OUT OF IT

THE PEOPLE WILL COME BACK TO ME.

I'LL SEE YOU FADE

INTO NOTHING!

POOR MERLIN.

WRONG AGAIN.

I'M WINNING.

I CAN'T STAND THE THOUGHT

OF PEOPLE PEERING

WHISPERING, POINTING AT ME.

WE'LL LIVE IN THE FOREST.

ANIMALS DON'T POINT AND WHISPER.

BUT IT'S A DREAM, MERLIN.

I WANT TO MAKE IT REAL.

I FOUND A PEACE HERE

IN PRAYER AND MEDITATION.

IT IS A PEACE THAT I'VE NEVER KNOWN BEFORE.

IT PASSES MY UNDERSTANDING.

TO BE HONEST, NIMUE

IT PASSES MY UNDERSTANDING, TOO.

WHY DO YOU SHUT YOURSELF AWAY HERE?

TO BE NEARER MY GOD.

THE NEARER YOU ARE TO HIM THE FURTHER YOU ARE FROM ME.

WILL YOU TAKE OFF THAT VEIL?

WHERE WAS I?

OH, YES, YES.

ARTHUR HAD JUST BEEN BORN.

I FOSTERED HIM WITH SIR HECTOR.

THE GOLDEN RULE-- DO UNTO OTHERS

AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.

NOW, BY OTHERS...

I WAS HIS TUTOR.

I DIDN'T TEACH HIM MAGIC.

I TAUGHT HIM ETHICS AND MORALS.

ARTHUR.

IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, BELIEVE ME.

( fist banging )

HIS REAL FATHER

KING UTHER, WENT MAD...

KILL THE PRISONERS.

AND KILLED HIMSELF.

( gasping )

Man: GUARDS, THE KING!

AND THAT BRINGS US UP TO DATE, I THINK.

ARTHUR GREW UP TO BE A FINE YOUNG MAN.

PERHAPS, AS USUAL, I EXPECTED

TOO MUCH FOR HIM BUT HE WAS THE VESSEL OF ALL MY HOPES.

ARTHUR, DON'T CHARGE AROUND LIKE THAT.

THE HORSES DON'T LIKE IT.

AND DON'T GET OFF.

WE'RE LEAVING RIGHT AWAY.

HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?

KING UTHER'S DEAD. RUPERT.

DIDN'T YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?

THE KING'S DEAD.

I KNOW.

KNOW?

HOW COULD YOU KNOW OUT HERE

IN THE WOODS?

LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME.

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

TO MAKE YOU KING.

MERLIN, TELL ME.

HOW CAN I BE KING?

BECAUSE YOU WERE BORN TO IT.

I'VE NO ROYAL BLOOD IN ME.

MERLIN.

Man: STAND ASIDE.

THIS IS A JOB FOR A MAN.

THE OLD WINDBAG BACK AGAIN.

IF HE'S NOT CAREFUL

HE'LL DO HIMSELF AN INJURY.

( groaning )

( crowd laughing )

ARTHUR KEPT ASKING ME, BUT I WASN'T READY.

THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS FATHER, THE DEATH OF CORNWALL

MY PART IN THE WHOLE SQUALID PLOT.

NO WONDER I FOUND IT HARD TO TELL HIM.

BESIDES, I WAS DISTRACTED.

( horse whinnying )

( screeching )

GRIFFINS!

ARTHUR!

( griffins screeching )

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE! LOOK OUT!

ARTHUR!

MY SWORD.

( buzzing )

ARTHUR, KEEP STILL.

THANK YOU.

I DID NOTHING.

I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU.

WHAT WAS THAT?

THAT...

THAT WAS A MESSAGE FROM AN OLD FRIEND.

( crackling )

ARTHUR WANTED ME TO EXPLAIN.

NOW WILL YOU TELL ME?

HE COULDN'T KNOW THAT EXPLAINING EVERYTHING

SETTLES NOTHING.

YES, IT'S... IT'S TIME.

I HOPED HE'D UNDERSTAND MY PART IN IT.

ARTHUR, YOU SHOULD KNOW

THAT SIR HECTOR ISN'T YOUR REAL FATHER.

YOUR FATHER WAS KING UTHER

AND YOU ARE THE TRUE HEIR TO THE THRONE.

IT TURNED OUT BETTER THAN I'D HOPED.

IF I AM UTHER'S ONLY SON, I WANT WHAT'S MINE.

I WANT TO BE KING.

WHEN YOU ARE KING, WHAT THEN?

WELL, I...

WHOA, WHOA.

WHAT?

WHAT IS IT NOW?

HE HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY.

YOU WERE SAYING IF YOU WERE KING...

I'D DO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU TAUGHT ME.

I'D BUILD A GOLDEN CITY...

DEVOTED TO PEACE

AND CHARITY.

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS IS JUSTICE AND COMPASSION

MORE THAN CHARITY.

STILL, CAMELOT SOUNDS LIKE A DREAM WORTHY OF A KING.

COME ON, RUPERT.

CAMELOT?

CAMELOT.

Merlin: COME ON, ARTHUR.

Merlin: ALL THE KNIGHTS IN BRITAIN HAVE TRIED TO TAKE IT

BUT IT IS THE SWORD OF THE TRUE KING.

IT IS YOURS, ARTHUR.

( rumbling )

The Mountain King: MERLIN!

IT SEEMS YOU WERE HERE ONLY A MOON AGO.

MY LORD

THIS MAN CLAIMS EXCALIBUR.

WHO IS IT?

ARTHUR.

ONLY SON OF UTHER

AND RIGHTFUL KING OF BRITAIN.

( thunderous rumbling )

WHY GIVE HIM THE SWORD?

HE WILL BETRAY THE PEOPLE

JUST AS HIS FATHER DID.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL DO

OR WHAT I'LL BECOME.

ONLY WHAT I AM.

A WISE ANSWER.

I HAD A WISE TEACHER.

YOU ARE DESTROYING

THE OLD WAYS.

YOU WILL BE FORGOTTEN JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.

THAT IS YOUR FEAR, NOT MINE.

I CANNOT DIE.

I AM THE ROCK OF AGES.

I WILL LIVE FOREVER...

ON THE EDGE OF DREAMS.

TAKE IT NOW, ARTHUR.

NOW, ARTHUR!

( grunting )

The Mountain King: THE SWORD IS YOURS.

EXCALIBUR!

( echoing ): EXCALIBUR!

LOOK AT HIM

MERLIN.

HIS REIGN BEGINS

IN BLOOD.

IT WILL END THE SAME WAY.

NO, MAB

YOU'RE WRONG.

ARTHUR WILL HEAL THE LAND.

Man: THE SWORD!

HE HAS EXCALIBUR!

HE'S GOT THE SWORD!

( clamoring )

( people ): LONG LIVE THE KING!

DON'T YOU EVER TIDY UP, FRIK?

OH! I TRY, YOUR MAJESTY

BUT I'M TERRIBLY OVERWORKED

AND I CAN'T USE IMPS, GNOMES OR FAIRIES.

THEY'RE UTTERLY USELESS WITH ANYTHING PRACTICAL.

I MEAN, I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO.

AND YOU'LL HAVE MORE.

I'VE TOTALLY GIVEN UP ON MERLIN.

I THOUGHT, PERHAPS, DESPITE EVERYTHING

HE MIGHT COME 'ROUND IN THE END.

WELL, I MEAN, HE'S A STUBBORN CREATURE, ISN'T HE?

I WANTED HIM TO, SO I FOOLED MYSELF.

I'VE NEVER KNOWN YOU TO DO THAT BEFORE

OVER ANYONE.

OOH!

ENOUGH!

OH... ARTHUR'S CURSED.

I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IN GOOD TIME

AND THAT WILL BE YOUR JOB, FRIK.

UTHER WAS MY COUSIN! I CLAIM THE THRONE!

YOU DID NOT

PULL THE SWORD EXCALIBUR FROM THE ROCK!

( clamoring )

MY FATHER IS KING BY RIGHT OF BLOOD!

I'M CLOSER TO UTHER THAN YOU!

MY SISTER WAS UTHER'S NIECE.

I PLEDGED MY ARMY TO LORD LEO!

I, TOO, HAVE A CLAIM!

NOBODY'S GOING TO FOLLOW

A BEARDED BLOWHARD!

( silence )

Merlin: THAT'S BETTER, ISN'T IT MY LORDS?

NOW YOU CAN LISTEN INSTEAD OF FIGHTING.

IT SHOULD BE A NOVEL EXPERIENCE FOR MOST OF YOU.

UTHER HAD A SON.

I GIVE YOU ARTHUR, TRUE KING OF BRITAIN.

( laughter )

UTHER HAD

NO SON!

HE DID.

UTHER DID HAVE A SON.

Man: WHEN?!

WHEN UTHER CONQUERED TINTAGEL

HE TOOK THE LADY IGRAINE.

A SON WAS BORN.

IT'S TRUE.

I WAS THERE.

( murmuring )

ARTHUR...

IS UTHER'S SON?

IF HE IS

LET HIM DRAW EXCALIBUR FROM THE STONE.

I ALREADY HAVE.

WELL, PROVE IT.

PROVE THAT THIS IS EXCALIBUR.

YOU DO HAVE EXCALIBUR.

YOU ARE UTHER'S SON.

I ACKNOWLEDGE YOU MY LIEGE LORD AND KING.

AND SO DO I.

HE HAS THE SWORD.

ACCEPT HIM, LOT.

NEVER!

I'LL NOT BEND MY KNEE TO A BOY

NOR WILL MY SON.

I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF, FATHER.

HE HAS EXCALIBUR.

HE IS THE KING.

GAWAIN!

YOU'D GO AGAINST YOUR OWN FATHER?!

IF THE CAUSE IS JUST.

AND IF IT'S NOT, AND YOU'RE WRONG?

THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO KILL ME IN BATTLE.

I'M THE KING'S MAN, FATHER.

Man: SHAME ON YOU!

SO BE IT.

Merlin: MY LORDS...

HARD AS IT MAY BE FOR YOU

THINK FOR A MOMENT.

WE HAVE SEEN TOO MANY WARS.

MY MIND'S MADE UP.

ALL WITH ME, FOLLOW ME!

HELLO, MORGAN.

MY, YOU'VE GROWN.

WHO ARE YOU?

DON'T YOU REMEMBER ME?

I USED TO VISIT YOU WHEN YOU WERE VERY YOUNG.

( unpleasant chuckle )

AH!

( giggling )

HA-HA!

( laughing )

YES!

EN GARDE!

( grunting dramatically )

I REMEMBER YOU.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE A DWEAM.

I'M REAL.

YOU LIED TO ME.

YOU TOLD ME YOU'D MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL

BUT YOU NEVER DID.

I TOLD YOU I'D MAKE YOU BEAUTIFUL, DID I?

MMM.

THEN I WILL.

BUT FIRST, IT'S TIME TO PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS.

WHY SO SAD?

IT'S JUST A TOY.

LOOK AT YOURSELF.

I'M BEAUTIFUL!

VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL.

I THINK CLOTHES CUT IN THE ROMAN STYLE

ARE THE ONLY GOWNS FOR A LADY OF FASHION.

MMM?

OH, IT'S WONDERFUL!

( chuckling ) ( giggling )

NOW, GET ME THE THRONE.

THAT'S BEYOND MY POWERS.

( chortling )

BUT I'LL TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

THAT ELVES ARE SO SHORT THAT WHEN IT RAINS

THEY'RE THE LAST TO KNOW.

( laughing )

BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE.

YOU'RE CUTE.

Mab: FRIK!

STOP ENJOYING YOURSELF AND GET ON WITH IT.

( clearing throat )

I'VE BEEN THINKING, MORGAN

THAT THERE MIGHT BE A WAY OF GIVING YOU WHAT YOU WANT.

YOUR SON COULD BE KING.

WELL, HOW?

IF ARTHUR DEFEATS LORD LOT, HE'LL BE KING

AND I CAN'T MARRY HIM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO MARRY HIM

TO HAVE HIS SON.

WE HAVE THE SAME MOTHER.

AND UNDERNEATH THIS CHARMING

AND DEVILISHLY HANDSOME EXTERIOR

I'M A CRABBY OLD GNOME.

MMM...

MMM! MMM!

DOES IT MATTER?

WELL, IT DEPENDS.

( laughing )

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEDUCE ME TO WIN ME OVER.

LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I WANT THE CWOWN.

I LIKE YOU, MORGAN LE FAY.

YOU'RE A TRUTHFUL YOUNG WOMAN.

AND I LIKE YOU...

WHOEVER YOU ARE.

STAND ASIDE!

THE ARMY IS ALMOST READY, SIRE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A BLOODY FIGHT!

WAIT FOR MY SIGNAL.

Soldier: HE'LL BE KILLED.

MERLIN!

WHAT THE DEVIL DOES HE THINK HE'S DOING?!

THERE IS NO REASON

WHY MEN SHOULD DIE TODAY, MY LORD.

THE QUARREL IS BETWEEN US.

IT IS.

THIS IS EXCALIBUR--

SWORD OF THE TRUE KING.

IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO IT...

TAKE IT...

AND KILL ME.

FORGIVE ME, ARTHUR.

I CAN FEEL IT.

THE SWORD IS YOURS

YOU ARE THE TRUE KING.

THE WAR IS OVER!

( cheering )

ARTHUR

IS OUR TRUE KING BY BLOOD

AND RIGHT!

( yelling )

HERE, IN THIS CIRCLE

LET US GIVE THANKS TO OUR SAVIOR

FOR THIS DELIVERANCE

AND LET THIS CIRCLE BE A SYMBOL OF OUR PURPOSE.

EACH MAN IN IT IS EQUAL TO THE OTHER.

EACH HAS A VOICE...

AND EACH WILL STRIVE TO FIGHT FOR TRUTH AND HONOR.

LET US PRAY.

I THOUGHT I'D FINALLY ACHIEVED ONE OF MY DREAMS.

AT LAST THERE WAS A GOOD KING ON THE THRONE.

YOUR MAJESTY.

MAY I PRESENT LADY... MARIE, QUEEN OF THE BOROCELTS

WHO COMES TO PAY YOU HOMAGE.

YOU ARE MOST WELCOME, MY LADY

THIS WAY.

THANK YOU.

NOW, WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT?

WHAT IS THIS?

THESE ARE JEWELS AND SILKS.

MILADY

WE ARE OVERWHELMED BY YOUR GIFTS.

WELL, PERHAPS I... AND MY SERVANTS...

CAN JOIN YOU FOR THE NIGHT.

WE'VE HAD A LONG...

TIRING JOURNEY... AND WE'D LIKE TO REST

BEFORE WE RETURN HOME.

OF COURSE.

WE CAN SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER.

YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT...

YOUR PEOPLE.

IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE...

YOUR MAJESTY.

WHAT ARE YOU SHOWING ME, MAB?

( moaning )

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

ARTHUR...

( cackling )

I RODE FAST THAT DAY, BUT I KNEW I WAS

ALREADY TOO LATE TO STOP SOMETHING

THAT COULD FINISH US ALL.

OUT, MY LORDS.

OUT!

AND CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU.

MERLIN, WHAT'S THE MATTER?

TELL ME THE TRUTH, ARTHUR.

TWO NIGHTS AGO YOU SLEPT WITH A WOMAN.

YES. IF YOU MUST KNOW, I DID, THOUGH I DON'T SEE WHY

I NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

THAT WAS MORGAN LE FAY.

WHO?

HER MOTHER WAS THE LADY IGRAINE, YOUR MOTHER.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

I SWEAR I DIDN'T KNOW.

THERE WILL BE A CHILD.

MAB WILL SEE TO THAT.

HE'LL BE THE FUTURE, AND HE'LL DESTROY US.

A MIRROR.

THERE ARE NO MIRRORS IN AVALON.

YOU SEE HOW I CAN CHANGE YOU?

YOU'VE CHANGED ME ALREADY.

YOU SCARRED ME.

I KNOW.

IT'S SO UNFAIR.

UNFAIR? THAT WAS EVIL.

WITH EVIL ALL AROUND ME

I CAN DO NOTHING BUT EVIL TO SURVIVE.

OH... THAT'S TOO EASY.

YOU CAN FIGHT IT, LIKE MERLIN.

IT'S BECAUSE OF MERLIN THAT ALL THIS CAME ABOUT.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

WHY ARE YOU HERE, MAB?

TO MAKE YOU AN OFFER.

I WILL RESTORE YOUR BEAUTY

IF YOU TAKE MERLIN TO A PLACE THAT I HAVE CREATED FOR YOU.

YOU CAN LIVE WITH HIM THERE TO THE END OF YOUR DAYS.

AND BE HAPPY?

AND BE HAPPY.

HE HAS A DESTINY.

IT WOULD KEEP HIM FROM HIS PURPOSE.

IT WOULD KEEP HIM FROM WASTING HIS LIFE.

HE BELIEVES THAT FIGHTING FOR WHAT IS RIGHT ISN'T A WASTE.

I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO HIM.

I LOVE HIM.

I LOVE HIM.

YOU HATE HIM.

I HATE HIM, TOO.

SO WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER?

NO.

I'M...

I'M... SORRY.

IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, JUST CALL MY NAME... OUT LOUD.

I COULDN'T STAY AWAY FOR LONG.

ARTHUR WAS MORE TO ME THAN JUST A KING

AND I WAS CURIOUS.

TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

MERLIN!

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, OLD FRIEND.

WHAT'S ALL THIS, ARTHUR?

A PROMISE MADE FLESH.

I'M BUILDING THE CITY OF CAMELOT.

IT'S A NEW BEGINNING.

I MADE A MISTAKE THAT NIGHT WITH MORGAN

BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'LL BE CONDEMNED

FOR ALL ETERNITY FOR ONE MISTAKE.

NO, NOT BY ME.

I'LL NEVER CONDEMN YOU, ARTHUR.

I'M TO MARRY LORD LEO'S DAUGHTER.

OH. DO YOU LOVE HER?

SHE'LL MAKE A SPLENDID QUEEN

AND BE A GOOD WIFE.

WE HOPE TO GET MARRIED HERE AT CAMELOT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S NOT FINISHED.

WILL YOU BE THERE WITH ME?

I'D BE HONORED.

WHAT'S HER NAME, YOUR BRIDE?

GUINEVERE.

( bells ringing )

( speaking Latin )

I WAS GOING TO TINTAGEL CASTLE.

PERHAPS ARTHUR WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO EAGER

TO LEAVE ON HIS QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL

IF HE'D KNOWN WHAT A TERRIBLE ENEMY

HE WOULD LEAVE BEHIND IN MORGAN LE FAY.

MERLIN

IS HERE TO SEE YOU, MY LADY.

SEND HIM IN.

YOU HEAR THAT, MORDRED?

THERE'S A WIZARD COME TO SEE US.

WON'T THIS BE FUN?

MY LADY MORGAN.

DO YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE?

SAY HELLO TO MY SON, MORDRED.

MASTER MORDRED.

( blowing raspberry )

THAT WAS RUDE, MORDRED.

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU LIKE, BUT YOU MUST NEVER BE RUDE.

RUDE IS BEING WEAK.

YOU WERE SAYING, MERLIN?

DO YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE?

IT'S TO DO WITH MY SON.

HASN'T HE GROWN?

YES, HE HAS, AND RATHER MORE THAN IS NATURAL.

OH, OF COURSE.

IT'S MAGIC.

MORGAN... I BEG YOU, FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY.

YOU MUST NOT TEACH HIM THE OLD WAYS.

THIS COUNTRY MEANS NOTHING TO ME.

A BASTARD SITS ON THE THRONE

THAT SHOULD BE MINE.

A BASTARD BEGOT IN BLOOD

WHEN HIS FATHER UTHER

SEDUCED MY MOTHER AND KILLED MY FATHER.

IT'S THE FUTURE I'M THINKING OF, MORGAN.

OH, YOU WOULD THINK OF THE FUTURE, MERLIN

BECAUSE THE PAST IS TOO PAINFUL.

YOU CHOSE UTHER TO BE KING.

YOU HELPED HIM SEDUCE MY MOTHER

AND DESTROYED ME.

IN THE END, YOU BEGOT MORDRED

JUST AS SURELY AS QUEEN MAB AND ARTHUR.

I KNOW THAT, BUT I CAN LIVE WITH IT.

Morgan: JUST AS YOU'D HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE FACT

THAT MORDRED WILL BE KING.

NO. THAT CAN NEVER BE.

MORDRED!

MERLIN'S A GUEST.

DON'T BE NAUGHTY.

HE JUST WANTS ATTENTION.

YOU'LL GET ALL YOU WANT WHEN YOU'RE KING.

AND HE WILL BE, MERLIN.

HE'S ARTHUR'S SON.

WHAT ABOUT THE OLD WAYS, MORGAN?

YOU'RE IN NO POSITION

TO LECTURE ME ON WHAT I CAN

OR CAN'T DO.

BESIDES

THE OLD WAYS HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME.

THEY'VE GIVEN ME A SON...

AND MADE ME BEAUTIFUL.

OH, POOR MORGAN.

IT'S ONLY AN ILLUSION.

BEAUTY IS ALWAYS ONLY AN ILLUSION, MERLIN.

DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAT?

( wind howling )

WE THOUGHT WE'D COME IN THE TRADITIONAL WAY--

THROUGH THE DOOR.

IT'S TRADITIONAL TO OPEN IT FIRST.

MORDRED, LOOK WHO'S HERE.

YOUR AUNTIE MAB

AND UNCLE FRIK.

IT'S BEEN AGES

MASTER MERLIN.

DO YOU EVER THINK OF THE OLD SCHOOL

WHERE I TRIED TO TEACH YOU

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MAGIC?

HE COULD HAVE BEEN MY STAR PUPIL, MORDRED

BUT HE PROVED...

DISAPPOINTING.

BUT YOU WON'T, WILL YOU, MORDRED?

ISN'T HE HANDSOME?

HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE PHRASE.

Mab: TOYS, MORDRED.

AUNTIE ALWAYS BRINGS YOU

LOTS OF LOVELY TOYS.

( pony nickering )

YOU SEE, MERLIN?

YOU TOOK MY FAMILY AWAY FROM ME

AND NOW I HAVE A NEW ONE.

THEY WON'T LAST, MORGAN.

NOTHING DOES.

CAN'T YOU SEE IT?

FEEL IT?

I'M WINNING, MERLIN.

I HAVE THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF PATIENCE.

IT'LL BE YEARS

BEFORE MORDRED CAN CLAIM THE THRONE

BUT I CAN WAIT.

TIME MEANS NOTHING TO ME.

YOU'LL BE THE DEATH OF ARTHUR, AND THE END

OF ALL POOR MERLIN'S DREAMS

WON'T YOU, MY SWEETIE?

OH, LOOK.

THE BIG, BAD WIZARD CAN'T DO A THING.

( laughing and jeering )

MERLIN, YOU'RE TROUBLED AGAIN.

STILL THE SAME CRY FOR HELP, LADY.

YOUR SISTER, MAB, GROWS MORE POWERFUL.

AND I GROW WEAKER.

WHAT CAN I DO?

I... I HAVE TO FIND A MAN TO GUARD THE THRONE

WHILE ARTHUR GOES QUESTING FOR THE HOLY GRAIL.

THE TEMPTATION WILL BE TO SEIZE THE CROWN WHEN HE'S GONE.

YOU NEED A MAN PURE IN HEART.

I'VE TRIED TO FIND HIM BEFORE.

HE DOESN'T EXIST.

THE ANSWER IS AT JOYOUS GARD.

MY SHIP WILL TAKE YOU.

IT WAS LIKE A DREAM...

A DREAM OF A DREAM.

THE SKIES PARTED AND I SAW THE DREAM COME ALIVE BEFORE MY EYES.

THEN, ONE DAY, THEY'LL DESCRIBE

ME, ARTHUR, GUINEVERE AND CAMELOT AS A DREAM.

WHO ARE YOU?

I'M MERLIN, THE WIZARD.

THERE AREN'T ANY WIZARDS LEFT.

I'M THE LAST OF THEM.

AND WHO ARE YOU?

GALAHAD...

AND MY MOTHER IS THE LADY ELAINE

AND MY FATHER IS SIR LANCELOT.

Merlin: I'VE COME HERE TO FIND A MAN

TO DEFEND KING ARTHUR IN HIS KINGDOM...

AND HE MUST BE A GOOD MAN, PURE IN HEART.

YOU'VE FOUND HIM.

IT WAS ALL TOO EASY.

ARE YOU SURE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT?

IT'S NOT WHAT I WANT.

IT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

I CAN'T HOLD YOU BACK.

IT'S YOUR CHANCE FOR ONE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE.

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

Lancelot: GALAHAD, PROTECT YOUR MOTHER WHILE I'M AWAY.

( trumpet fanfare )

Arthur: MY LORDS, LADIES

KNIGHTS OF THE REALM:

I SHALL LEAVE SOON

ON A GOD-GIVEN QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL.

NOW, I SEEK A CHAMPION

TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AND THE HONOR OF OUR FAIR QUEEN

WHILE I'M GONE.

I CLAIM THAT HONOR, SIRE.

OH, GAWAIN...

I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T WIN.

YOU KNOW I NEED YOU

TO COME WITH ME.

LET ME COMPETE IN THE TOURNEY, SIRE.

YOU'RE TOO OLD

SIR BORIS.

OF COURSE HE'S TOO OLD.

BUT I'M NOT.

Merlin: YOUR MAJESTY.

I WISH TO VOUCH FOR SIR LANCELOT OF THE LAKE.

HE WANTS TO ENTER THE JOUSTS.

SO BE IT, MERLIN.

( crowd cheering )

AH! GAWAIN OR THIS LANCELOT.

YAH!

COME ON!

( crowd cheering and applauding )

Arthur: LANCELOT OF THE LAKE

TAKES THE HONORS.

HE IS THE BEST AND THE NOBLEST

OF THE KNIGHTS.

HE'S VERY HANDSOME, ISN'T HE?

YES.

WHAT DID YOU SAY, MY LADY?

NOTHING.

Lancelot: YOUR MAJESTY

I OFFER YOU MY SWORD AND MY LIFE.

IT IS AN HONOR, BRAVE KNIGHT.

AS CHAMPION, LANCELOT SHALL...

( crowd gasping )

HOW IS HE?

FAIR TO MIDDLING

CONSIDERING WE HAVEN'T TAKEN THE LANCE OUT YET.

AND WHY NOT?

THERE IS A DISPUTE--

UH, A SCHOLARLY DISPUTE

AS TO WHETHER WE TAKE IT OUT CON OR CONTRA WISE

WHICH MEANS TO THE MERE LAYMAN

TURNING AND PULLING IT TO THE LEFT

OR TO THE RIGHT.

CONTRA...

IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU

SIR LANCELOT?

HOLD MY HAND, LADY.

Physician: NO, TURN AND PULL CON WISE...

THE PLANETS OF VENUS AND URANUS WILL BE THE DOMINANT INFLUENCES.

Gawain: YOU'RE PHYSICIANS.

INSTEAD OF ARGUING ABOUT IT, DO IT.

DO IT?

WE MUST TALK ABOUT IT FIRST.

INDEED. THESE ARE WEIGHTY MATTERS

FIT ONLY FOR EXPERTS.

TRUST US. IF WE TREAT A KNIGHT FOR A BROKEN ARM

THAT IS WHAT HE'LL DIE OF.

THAT'S ENOUGH.

ENOUGH.

LANCELOT...

ARE YOU READY, SIR KNIGHT?

DO IT, GAWAIN.

( bells tolling )

GOOD-BYE, MERLIN.

GOOD-BYE, ARTHUR.

COME BACK TO US.

THEY LEFT TO CHASE DREAMS... SHADOWS.

BUT IF I'D TOLD THEM, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LISTENED.

AND SO, THE YEARS ROLLED ON...

ONE YEAR MERGING INTO ANOTHER... AND ANOTHER.

IF YOU FIVE GENTLEMEN

DON'T STOP TREMBLING

I MIGHT MISS AND KILL YOU ALL.

( screaming )

LESS THAN PERFECT.

THAT'S ENOUGH, MORDRED.

YOU MUSTN'T GET CARRIED AWAY, MY SWEET.

IT SHOWS LACK OF CONTROL.

WHY FIRE AT AUNTIE MAB AND UNCLE FRIK?

I DO HOPE THAT THE BOY IS JUST HAVING FUN

AND IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL.

OF COURSE IT'S NOT PERSONAL.

HE LIKES YOU.

I OFTEN WONDER WHAT HE WOULD DO

IF HE DIDN'T LIKE ME.

STOP FUSSING, MOTHER.

AUNTIE MAB UNDERSTANDS, DON'T YOU, AUNTIE MAB?

OF COURSE I UNDERSTAND.

YOU WERE TESTING YOURSELF.

NOW, COME AND SIT BY ME.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE MY FAVORITE, MORDRED

BUT YOU HAVE TO CHANNEL YOUR AGGRESSION.

AGAINST ARTHUR?

YES.

ALWAYS ARTHUR...

AND MERLIN.

YOU'RE LOOKING PALE, MORDRED.

YOU'RE NOT EATING ENOUGH.

I ALREADY HAVE THE STRENGTH OF TEN MEN.

LISTEN TO YOUR AUNT.

AND PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR HAIR.

VERY WELL, MOTHER.

THERE'S A GOOD BOY.

THE WORK IS GOING MUCH TOO SLOWLY.

YOU KEEP ON CHANGING YOUR MIND, SIR LANCELOT.

FIRST THIS, THEN THAT.

I'M DOING MY BEST, SIRE.

WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO DO BETTER THAN THAT.

HOW COULD I DO BETTER THAN MY BEST?

ARE YOU ALL ALONE, MY LADY?

MERLIN IS MY FAITHFUL SHADOW.

THAT'S RIGHT AND PROPER.

WHY NOT YOU?

YOU'RE MY CHAMPION.

BECAUSE WHEN I'M NEAR YOU

I CAN'T CONTROL MY HEART.

YOU'RE NEAR ME NOW.

IT'S DANGEROUS.

MY LADY?

YES.

MY LADY?

PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL

FOR MY SHADOW.

WHAT'S WRONG, MERLIN?

THE WALLS ARE WHISPERING, GUINEVERE.

CAN'T YOU HEAR THEM?

NO.

WHAT DO THEY SAY?

THAT YOU'RE TOO FRIENDLY WITH SIR LANCELOT.

DO YOU BELIEVE SUCH WHISPERS, MERLIN?

NO, BUT I'VE SEEN HOW YOU TWO LOOK

AT EACH OTHER.

I DON'T CARE WHAT OTHERS THINK.

I'M THE QUEEN.

AND THAT IS WHY YOU MUST TAKE SPECIAL CARE.

I CAN'T PROTECT YOU IN THIS MATTER.

( soft knocking )

YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

I SHOULD JUMP.

THROW MYSELF FROM THE BATTLEMENTS.

THEN I'LL JUMP, TOO.

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU.

( gasps )

( gasping )

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

LANCELOT WOULDN'T...

( sobbing )

( fly buzzing )

( continues buzzing )

( muted crunch )

AUNTIE?

YOU'RE LOOKING

EXTRAORDINARILY PLEASED WITH YOURSELF.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

IS IT TERRIBLE?

DO TELL.

I'M SURE IT'S PERFECT.

I'VE MADE SURE ELAINE KNOWS

THAT LANCELOT AND GUINEVERE ARE LOVERS.

HOW ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.

ISN'T THAT RATHER UNWORTHY OF US?

UNWORTHY?

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, MOTHER?

HMM?

OH, I'VE FORGOTTEN.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Mab: YES, IT IS UNWORTHY.

BUT I DON'T LIKE TO BE TOLD, FRIK.

( grunting )

( Mordred laughing )

I WARNED YOU.

YOU DIDN'T LISTEN.

WHAT'S HAPPENED?

Lancelot: HOW DID SHE DIE?

SHE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART.

BECAUSE OF YOU.

I'M SORRY.

I JUDGED THEM TOO HARSHLY.

THE BLAME WAS MINE, TOO.

I PICKED LANCELOT, AFTER ALL.

I WISH I'D TOLD THEM THAT.

IT MIGHT HAVE MADE IT EASIER.

GREAT NEWS.

GREAT NEWS, NIMUE.

ARTHUR'S COMING HOME.

OH, THANK GOD.

DID HE FIND THE HOLY GRAIL?

NO. BUT WHAT OF IT?

HE'S COMING HOME.

HOLY GRAIL OR NO HOLY GRAIL.

HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT.

MERLIN IS FREE.

HE CAN START LIVING HIS OWN LIFE AGAIN.

YES.

AND IT SHOULD BE WITH YOU, CHILD.

YOUR TRUE VOCATION IS MERLIN.

GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU WHEN YOU LOVE ANOTHER.

AND I, UH...

I SHOULDN'T REALLY SAY THIS IN THESE HALLOWED WALLS--

FAITH IS SUPREME, OF COURSE--

BUT LOVE...

IS EVEN BETTER.

Mab: BE CAREFUL, MY DEAR.

THESE STEPS ARE VERY SLIPPERY.

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

TO MY LAND.

THE LAND OF MAGIC.

CAN I CREATE MONSTERS?

OH, IF YOU WISH.

YOU'RE SO GOOD TO ME, AUNTIE.

IT WON'T ALL BE FUN AND GAMES.

ARTHUR'S COMING BACK.

THERE WILL BE THINGS I HAVE TO TEACH YOU.

IS MOTHER COMING?

NO. WE DON'T NEED HER ANYMORE.

MAB!

WHERE ARE YOU TAKING MY SON?

IT'S TIME.

WITHOUT A WORD?

WITHOUT A BY-YOUR-LEAVE?

I HAVE TO MAKE HIM READY.

YOU'RE NOT TAKING HIM. HE'S MY SON.

HE'S MINE!

I GAVE HIM LOVE. YOU GAVE HIM TOYS.

I GAVE HIM LIFE.

I'M NEVER LETTING HIM GO.

( startled gasp )

( screams )

NO!

( gasping )

THAT WAS VERY CLEVER, AUNTIE.

OH, MY LOVE.

MY LOVE.

FRIK... MY LOVE.

AM I STILL BEAUTIFUL?

BEYOND WORDS, MY LOVE.

AM I?

OH, YES.

BEYOND WORDS.

YOU KILLED HER!

PERHAPS SHE JUST SLIPPED.

IN ANY CASE, WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

YOU'RE HOLDING US UP, FRIK.

WE HAVE A LOT TO DO.

MAB, YOU EVIL OLD CROW.

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL.

HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ON THE REST OF YOU!

WHY IS EVERYBODY SUDDENLY AGAINST ME?

FRIK, I'M LEAVING YOU WITH YOUR MISERY AND PAIN.

BUT WITH NO MORE MAGIC POWER.

NOW YOU WILL WANDER THROUGH THE WORLD

UGLY AND ALONE.

JUST AS IF YOU WERE HUMAN.

GOOD-BYE, FRIK.

I'LL MISS YOU.

NO, I WON'T.

WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL HIM, AUNTIE MAB?

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED ME TO DO.

( Frik sobbing )

Arthur: CAMELOT. IT'S BUILT.

LANCELOT HAS KEPT HIS WORD.

WE HAVE TO RIDE IN WITH OUR BANNERS HELD HIGH, SIRE.

YOU'RE RIGHT, GAWAIN.

RAISE YOUR BANNERS

AND YOUR HEARTS, MEN!

WE'RE HOME!

( all cheering )

( cheers continuing )

WHERE IS EVERYONE?

SOMETHING'S WRONG, SIRE.

I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS KIND OF HOMECOMING.

WHAT'S WRONG HERE?

GUINEVERE.

WHERE'S MERLIN?

WHERE'S LANCELOT?

I'LL TELL YOU.

WHO THE DEVIL ARE YOU?

ELEGANTLY PUT.

"WHO THE DEVIL...?"

YES, INDEED.

WHO THE DEVIL.

WELL, DON'T YOU RECOGNIZE ME?

NO. SHOULD I?

OH, I'M HURT.

HERE IN MY HEART.

NOT USUALLY MY MOST VULNERABLE SPOT.

I RECOGNIZE YOU... FATHER.

I'M YOUR LONG-LOST SON, MORDRED.

MORGAN LE FAY...

IS YOUR MOTHER.

NOT "IS," FATHER. "WAS."

SHE PASSED OVER INTO A BETTER WORLD.

SHE SLEEPS ALONE AT LAST.

A GREAT LOSS.

ONE DAY SHE WAS LAUGHING, SMILING

THE NEXT, GONE-- LIKE A SUMMER'S BREEZE

IN THE MIDST OF LIFE

ET CETERA, ET CETERA AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

IT'S WHY I'M HERE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS, FATHER.

YOU SEE, YOUR INTERESTS ARE MY INTERESTS.

WHILST YOU WERE AWAY ON THIS GREAT SPIRITUAL QUEST

TO CLEANSE YOUR SOUL...

HOW SHOULD I PUT IT?

YOU WERE BEING BETRAYED.

Merlin: MORDRED!

THAT'S ENOUGH.

IT ISN'T.

MERLIN, LET'S SPEAK THE TRUTH AT LAST.

FATHER... THIS ISN'T THE TIME!

Courtiers: IT IS!

FATHER...

LANCELOT BETRAYED YOU WITH THE QUEEN.

OR SHOULD IT BE THE QUEEN BETRAYED YOU WITH LANCELOT?

NO POINT BEING PEDANTIC. YOU WERE BETRAYED.

GUINEVERE.

THIS ISN'T THE PLACE TO DISCUSS THIS.

Mordred: OH, I THINK IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE!

IS IT TRUE?

ARTHUR, YOU ARE JUST RETURNED.

WE MUST TALK CALMLY...

GUINEVERE, IS IT TRUE?

YES, IT'S TRUE.

MORDRED, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE HERE.

I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE HERE.

THIS ISN'T A PRIVATE MATTER.

IT CONCERNS US ALL.

HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ME?

DIDN'T YOU THINK OF ME AT ALL?

YOU LEFT ME ALONE FOR YEARS.

DID YOU NOT THINK OF ME?

WHAT OF MY HONOR?

FINDING OUT YOU HAD A CHILD BY MORGAN LE FAY?

GOOD ONE.

COME, COME, FATHER.

THIS IS BECOMING DISTRESSINGLY PERSONAL.

YOU'RE FORGETTING IT'S A MATTER OF STATE.

MATTER OF STATE?!

WE ARE TALKING TREASON HERE.

AREN'T WE?

MY LORDS?

( courtiers murmuring in dissent )

I DON'T SEE IT AS TREASON.

SHE BETRAYED ME AND ONLY ME.

THAT'S ENOUGH.

NO, SIRE.

MORDRED IS RIGHT.

YOU ARE THE KING

AND THAT MAKES ADULTERY TREASON.

THEN WE MUST CONDEMN HER TO DEATH.

Merlin: DO YOU REALLY THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT?

IT'S THE LAW.

Merlin: IT'S HARSH.

IT MUST BE.

MY LORDS, THIS IS A TIME

WHEN WE SHOULD TEMPER JUSTICE WITH MERCY.

AFTER ALL, YOUR RELIGION PROCLAIMS IT.

LET HE WHO IS NOT GUILTY OF SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE.

NOW, I KNOW I HAVE BEEN GUILTY IN MY TIME

AND I SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN, TOO.

I MUST CONFESS, I HAVE SINNED A LITTLE.

( all laughing )

SO WE MAKE EXCUSES FOR HER BECAUSE SHE IS A QUEEN.

BECAUSE SHE IS HUMAN.

NO, BECAUSE SHE IS ARTHUR'S WIFE.

ARE WE GOING BACK TO ONE LAW FOR THE RULERS

AND ONE FOR THE RULED?

IS THAT THE WAY IT IS?

ARTHUR, I THOUGHT CAMELOT WAS TO BE DIFFERENT.

IT IS.

THEN SHOW THE WORLD YOU MEAN IT.

MERLIN, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

IN THE END, YOU MUST UPHOLD THE LAW.

GUINEVERE WILL BE TRIED FOR TREASON.

A SPLENDID DECISION.

BOTH FAIR AND JUST, EH, FATHER?

NOW, LET'S DRINK AND ENJOY OURSELVES.

I WANT YOU OUT OF CAMELOT.

BUT, FATHER, I'VE ONLY JUST ARRIVED.

I THOUGHT WE COULD REMINISCE ABOUT OLD TIMES

AND PLAY HAPPY FAMILY.

STOP HIM TALKING!

YOU CAN'T MEAN THAT, FATHER.

I'M YOUR BELOVED SON, THE CROWN PRINCE

YOUR ONE AND ONLY HEIR.

I WANT YOU OUT OF MY SIGHT.

EMBRACE ME, FATHER.

NEVER.

OR I'LL TAKE WHAT'S RIGHTFULLY MINE.

GUARDS, SEIZE HIM!

DON'T GET UP.

I KNOW MY WAY OUT.

I'M SORRY, FATHER, BUT I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU.

AND THIS TIME YOUR PET WIZARD WON'T SAVE YOU.

MAB?

( thunder rumbling )

I'M HERE, NIMUE.

YOU MADE ME A PROMISE YEARS AGO.

WILL YOU KEEP IT?

YES.

BUT WHAT MADE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND?

THE KING IS COMING HOME.

MERLIN IS FREE TO BE WITH ME.

I'VE DISCOVERED ALL I WANT IS MERLIN.

WILL YOU AGREE TO LIVE WITH HIM

IN A PLACE THAT I CHOOSE?

IF YOU MAKE ME WHOLE AGAIN.

I HAVE TO WARN YOU, NIMUE

THAT IF YOU GO TO THIS PLACE

YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE IT.

WILL HE COME TO ME THERE?

YES, HE WILL.

THEN DO IT, MAB.

( crowd taunting )

Man: BURN IN HELL!

I CAN'T BEAR TO WATCH.

THE SIN WAS MINE, NOT HERS.

SHE'S BURNING. IT'S TOO LATE.

MERLIN...

( thunder rumbling )

COME ON.

Merlin: LANCELOT ALWAYS LEFT EVERYTHING TO THE LAST MOMENT.

AND MY MEMORY OF LANCELOT

IS THAT HE NEVER GOT ANYTHING RIGHT.

THANK GOD.

AND SO LANCELOT AND GUINEVERE RODE OUT OF MY STORY

AND INTO LEGEND.

WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?

YOU TRICKED US, FATHER.

YOU PRETENDED TO CONDEMN THE QUEEN TO THE STAKE

THEN YOU HAD HER RESCUED BY YOUR WIZARD.

YOU HADN'T EVEN THE COURAGE TO SET HER FREE YOURSELF.

THAT'S TRUE.

I SHOULD HAVE DONE IT.

ONE LAW FOR YOU AND ANOTHER FOR US.

Courtier: WE CAN'T LIVE LIKE THAT.

Others: WE CAN'T.

DO YOU HEAR?

THEY CAN'T LIVE LIKE THAT.

I CALL UPON ALL TRUE-BORN BRITONS

TO RALLY TO FREEDOM'S FLAG!

Courtiers: YEAH!

DEPOSE THIS...

( yells )

YOU CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE, FATHER.

I KNOW HOW THAT IS.

NOBLES

THE TIME FOR TALKING IS OVER.

THOSE WHO VALUE RIGHT AND JUSTICE FOLLOW ME.

WHO'S THERE?

FATHER ABBOT.

I RODE ALL NIGHT TO GET HERE.

NIMUE'S GONE.

SHE'S GONE? YEAH.

BUT SHE LEFT YOU A MESSAGE

THAT SHE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU

AT THE DOOR OF MAGIC.

YOU'RE A LIAR.

OH, MERLIN.

HOW CAN YOU SAY SUCH A THING?

YOU'RE A LIAR!

( sinister laughing )

( laughing and shuddering )

I'M GLAD TO SEE

YOU HAVEN'T LOST ALL THE SKILLS I TAUGHT YOU.

I'VE LOST NONE OF THEM.

AND IT WAS FRIK WHO TAUGHT ME.

DON'T MENTION THAT INGRATE.

HE'S LEFT MY EMPLOYMENT

WITHOUT A REFERENCE.

ANYWAY...

NIMUE HAS GONE.

AND SHE DOES WANT YOU TO JOIN HER

WHEN YOU'RE READY.

MERLIN...

MY NOBLEMEN DON'T WANT YOU WITH US AGAINST MORDRED.

THEY SAY THAT IF YOU COME, THEN THEY WON'T FOLLOW ME.

AH.

WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW?

CLOSE MY BOOKS.

BREAK MY WAND AND RETIRE.

I HAVE A LIFE TO LIVE AND A CHANCE TO LIVE IT.

NIMUE?

I'M GOING TO MEET HER NOW.

WILL YOU BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH MORDRED?

IT'S JUST ONE MORE BATTLE.

AND RIGHT IS ON OUR SIDE.

I'M PROUD OF YOU, ARTHUR.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME, MERLIN.

I'VE STILL GOT EXCALIBUR.

HELLO.

NIMUE!

Nimue: MERLIN. I AM HERE.

( horse whinnies softly )

LOOK.

LOOK WHERE WE ARE.

( rustling )

( birds flapping wings )

COME.

( wolf howls )

WAIT.

THIS IS ALL MAB.

OH, FORGET HER.

WE'VE WASTED SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES TOGETHER ALREADY.

NOW IT'S OUR TURN.

ISN'T IT WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED?

( distant battle sounds )

OH!

( soldiers yelling )

( yelling )

GAWAIN!

WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

STOP TALKING, MORDRED, AND FIGHT.

I THOUGHT YOU'D ENJOY LIGHT CONVERSATION BEFORE YOU DIE.

BUT AS YOU WISH.

( chuckling )

( yelling )

FATHER!

FATHER!

CLEVER BOY.

FATHER! FATHER!

( grunting )

SO...

MORDRED.

HELLO...

FATHER.

IT'S TIME TO END IT ALL.

WELL...

WE AGREE ON THAT AT LEAST.

YOU KNOW, FATHER, IF YOU'D LIVED

I DON'T THINK WE'D HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY AS A FAMILY.

( man screaming )

WHAT IS IT, MERLIN?

I HEARD A SCREAM.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

IT WAS THE SOUND OF BATTLE.

ARTHUR AND MORDRED.

OH!

NO.

IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH US.

OH.

I'M SORRY, MORDRED.

NO, DON'T... DON'T, FATHER.

ANOTHER SIN.

YOU'D KILL YOUR OWN SON.

( groans )

( groans )

MORDRED!

( echoing )

Merlin: ARTHUR IS DYING.

I MUST GO TO HIM.

I'LL BE BACK VERY SOON.

I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU...

ALWAYS.

VERY SOON, I SWEAR!

NO!

NIMUE!

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?

( yells )

NIMUE!

NIMUE!

I KNEW I WOULD NEVER SEE HER AGAIN.

I CANNOT SAVE YOU.

DON'T DIE, MORDRED.

DIE...

THAT'S THE LAST THING I SHALL DO.

NO...

NO!

( roaring growl )

MY OLD FRIEND.

I...

I KNEW YOU WOULD COME.

HOW GOES THE DAY, ARTHUR?

I'VE SEEN BETTER.

MERLIN...

TAKE THE SWORD TO THE LAKE.

NO ONE MUST HAVE IT.

GO, MERLIN.

NOW.

REST EASY, SON.

YOU WERE THE RIGHT MAN TO HOLD EXCALIBUR.

TAKE IT BACK, LADY.

YOU LIED TO ME!

I DIDN'T LIE TO YOU, MERLIN.

I TOLD YOU THE ANSWER WAS AT JOYOUS GARD.

THAT'S WHERE I FOUND LANCELOT.

( sighs )

IT WASN'T LANCELOT, WAS IT?

IT WAS THE BOY

GALAHAD.

IT'S HUMAN

TO MAKE MISTAKES, MERLIN.

AND PART OF YOU IS HUMAN.

THE BEST PART.

GOOD-BYE, MERLIN.

MY SISTER MAB WAS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING.

WHEN WE'RE FORGOTTEN...

WE CEASE TO EXIST.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, FRIK?

BETRAYING MY PRINCIPLES, I'M AFRAID.

INDEED, I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED

THAT IT WAS BETTER TO BE A COWARD FOR A SECOND

THAN DEAD FOR A LIFETIME.

AND YET, HERE I AM FIGHTING...

FIGHTING ON THE SIDE OF RIGHT, WHICH IS WORSE.

AND MAB?

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I GAVE IN MY NOTICE.

IF YOU'RE GOING AFTER HER, MASTER MERLIN

YOU'LL NEED HELP.

( door creaking )

I KNEW I'D FIND YOU HERE, MAB.

YOU'VE COME TO SEE MY FINAL TRIUMPH.

NO, I'VE COME TO SEE YOUR FINAL DEFEAT.

AH...

YOU ALWAYS WERE A DREAMER, MERLIN.

LET ME SEE...

YOU'VE LOST ARTHUR...

THE BATTLE...

YOUR ONE TRUE LOVE...

THE BATTLE ISN'T OVER YET, MAB.

YOU CAN'T WIN.

SHE'S WEAKENED HERSELF.

SHE'S VULNERABLE.

I KNOW THAT...

WHY ARE YOU CONSORTING WITH THAT TRAITOR?

MADAM, AFTER ALL MY YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE

THAT'S RATHER HARSH.

NOT AS HARSH AS I'M GOING TO BE.

SORRY!

CAN'T STAY.

MORDRED'S DEAD.

SO, WE BOTH HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.

THE BATTLE'S JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME, MAB.

( rumbling )

( grunts )

I'LL SHOW YOU HOW WEAK I AM.

( grunts )

( creaking )

( hissing )

( rumbling )

( hisses )

( rumbling )

( rumbling )

( grunts )

( grumbling )

MY STRENGTH MAY BE FAILING, MERLIN

BUT I CAN STILL DEAL WITH THESE POOR HUMANS.

WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO--

USE YOUR PUNY SWORDS AND AXES ON ME?

NO, MAB, WE'RE JUST GOING TO FORGET YOU.

MERLIN?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOU CAN'T FIGHT US OR FRIGHTEN US.

YOU'RE JUST... NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH ANYMORE.

WE FORGET YOU, QUEEN MAB.

GO JOIN YOUR SISTER IN THE LAKE...

AND BE FORGOTTEN.

LOOK AT ME.

LOOK AT ME!

FRIK...

MERLIN?

MERLIN!

DON'T FORGET ME, MERLIN.

I, UH... LOVE YOU...

AS A SON.

MERLIN!

MERLIN!

( gasping )

MERLIN!

I HAD WON.

I WAS TRYING TO SMILE

BUT IT WAS THE SMILE OF DESOLATION.

INSIDE, I FELT ONLY THE PITY AND THE TERROR

AND THE WASTE OF IT ALL.

EVERYONE I EVER LOVED, AND WHO EVER LOVED ME--

ALL GONE... ALL GONE DOWN...

AND THEN GALAHAD RETURNED

AND BROUGHT WITH HIM THE HOLY GRAIL AND SPRING

AND THE LAND BECAME FERTILE AGAIN

AND THE CYCLE OF DEATH AND DARKNESS ENDED

AND SO DOES MY STORY.

NOW...

IF MY STORY ENTERTAINED OR ENCHANTED

YOU MAY SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION

IN ANY WAY YOU SEE FIT

BUT, PARTICULARLY, WITH MONEY.

MASTER MERLIN

DID YOU EVER FIND NIMUE?

NO, I NEVER FOUND NIMUE

OR EVEN THE CAVE AGAIN.

WHAT ABOUT THE MAGIC?

CAN YOU STILL DO MAGIC?

NO.

I GOT OUT OF THE HABIT

AND BESIDES, NOBODY BELIEVES IN IT ANYMORE.

THANK YOU.

IT'S ALL OVER, FRIEND.

THERE IS NO MORE.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE WAY I REMEMBER IT

MASTER MERLIN.

FRIK?

IS IT YOU?

YES.

IT'S ME.

( laughing )

( both laughing )

I MUST SAY YOU DO TELL A RATHER GOOD TALE...

TERRIBLY EXCITING AND ALL.

BUT I WAS INTRIGUED

THAT YOU CHOSE TO OMIT CERTAIN...

WELL, THAT'S THE WAY THEY LIKE IT.

AND BESIDES, I DIDN'T THINK THEY'D BELIEVE IT

IF I TOLD THE WAY IT REALLY WAS.

AND HOW ARE YOU DOING IN THIS WORLD, MASTER FRIK?

WELL, I MEAN, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A NEED

FOR THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN.

AND I WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE

ONE OF THE BEST, YOU SEE.

( laughing )

( gasps )

IT CAN'T BE.

IT IS.

SIR RUPERT.

YES, WELL, I FOUND HIM GRAZING IN A FIELD

AND WE GOT TO REMINISCING.

DEAR OLD BOY.

SHOULDN'T YOU BE DEAD BY NOW?

NO, NO.

THERE'S A LITTLE MAGIC IN ME, TOO, MERLIN.

OH, I ALMOST FORGOT.

NIMUE.

WHAT ABOUT HER?

OH, NOTHING REALLY

OTHER THAN SHE WAS INQUIRING ABOUT YOU

WHEN I SAW HER LAST MONTH.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHAT HAPPENED?

SOMETIME AFTER MAB DISAPPEARED

HER SPELLS BEGAN TO LOSE THEIR POWER

AND NIMUE WAS SET FREE.

WHERE IS SHE, FRIK?

SIR RUPERT KNOWS.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

OH, NO NEED TO THANK ME.

I JUST LOVE HAPPY ENDINGS.

MERLIN.

OH, MY DEAREST.

FRIK FOUND YOU.

I NEVER BELIEVED I WOULD EVER SEE YOU AGAIN.

SO MANY YEARS LOST.

YOU'VE GROWN OLDER.

( laughing )

YOU, TOO.

( both laughing )

DOES IT MATTER?

NO.

NOT ANYMORE.

( both laughing )

BUT...

WHAT?

I THINK I HAVE ONE LAST TRICK.

OH!

THERE'S NO MORE.

THAT'S THE END OF MAGIC.

( Merlin laughing )

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